- Jacquet de la Guerre
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre is best remembered as the first French woman to write an opera (Cephale et Procris in 1694). She was born into a family of musicians and performed upon the harpsichord for Louis XIV when she was just five years old. According to contemporary accounts, she was a virtuosic keyboard player, dazzling audiences at court and in her home. Her oevre includes stage music, cantates, a book of pièces de clavessin, several sonatas for violin and continuo and some trio sonatas.
This is Jacquet de la Guerre’s Trio Sonata in D Major, performed by La Donna Musicale.
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Podcast produced by Joshua Sauvageau
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